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Woman, 89, robbed while watching Red Sox game in New Hampshire home

Police in Manchester said a man walked into an 89-year-old woman's bedroom and took her jewelry box while she was in bed watching a Red Sox game.

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Updated: 8:04 AM EDT Jun 12, 2013

Woman, 89, robbed while watching Red Sox game in New Hampshire home

Police in Manchester said a man walked into an 89-year-old woman's bedroom and took her jewelry box while she was in bed watching a Red Sox game.

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Updated: 8:04 AM EDT Jun 12, 2013

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WEBVTT THE BREAK-IN HAPPENED AT 9 P.M. LAST NIGHT. LET'S GET TO HEATHER HAMEL TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. FIRST OF ALL IT IS RARE FOR SOMEONE TO RAKE INTO UNOCCUPIED HOME AND THAT HAS THEM CONCERNED. THEY HAVE INCREASED CONCERNS AND THEY ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN INSTALLING THEIR AIR CONDITIONERS. MAKE SURE THEY ARE SECURED VERY WELL. HE WENT TO ADDRESS THE AREA AND GRABBED A WOODEN JEWELRY BOX AND LEFT THE ROOM. IT WAS A BREAK-IN AT THIS EAST SIDE HOME THAT UNNERVED THE 89 EUROS INSIDE. IT WAS AROUND 9 P.M. MONDAY NIGHT AND THE WOMAN WAS IN HER BED WATCHING THE GAME WHEN A MAN WALKED INTO HER BEDROOM. HE USED HIS SWEATSHIRT TO COVER HIS FACE AND SAID NOTHING. HE APPEARED TO BE TALKING TO SOMEONE ALSO MIGHT HAVE BEEN STANDING OUTSIDE HER AT ARM DOOR ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT SEE THAT INDIVIDUAL. A FRONT WINDOW THAT HAD AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT APPEARS THE WAY -- TO BE THE WAY THEY GOT IN. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO BE A POINT OF ACCESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT THE AIR- CONDITIONING UNIT INTO THE WINDOW WITHOUT SECURING IT WITH BOLTS OR SCREWS AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EASILY PUSH IT INTO THE WINDOW AND GET IN THROUGH THE WINDOW. POLICE FOUND NO WITNESSES SAY AND SAY A CANINE WAS NOT ABLE TO TRACK THE SUSPECT. THE WOMAN WAS DESCRIBING THE MAN

Woman, 89, robbed while watching Red Sox game in New Hampshire home

Police in Manchester said a man walked into an 89-year-old woman's bedroom and took her jewelry box while she was in bed watching a Red Sox game.